US 7,575,267 B2
Metal clip for vehicle accessory fixation and structure using the same
Takeshi Nakajima, Yokohama (Japan); Naoki Umemura, Toyota (Japan); Hisashi Suzuki, Toyota (Japan); Seiji Yamamoto, Toyota (Japan); and Makoto Oguri, Nagoya (Japan)
Assigned to Piolax Inc., Kanagawa (Japan); Kyowa Sangyo Co., Ltd., Aichi (Japan); and Hayashi Telempu Co., Ltd., Aichi (Japan)
Appl. No. 11/666,491
PCT Filed Nov. 08, 2005, PCT No. PCT/JP2005/020462
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 03, 2008,
PCT Pub. No. WO2006/051787, PCT Pub. Date May 18, 2006.
Claims priority of application No. 2004-324563 (JP), filed on Nov. 09, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2008/0309115 A1, Dec. 18, 2008
Int. Cl. B60J 3/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 296—97.9 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A metal clip for vehicle accessory fixation to be mounted to a base section of a vehicle accessory and inserted into a hole of an interior member to thereby effect temporary fixation of the accessory to the interior member, and to be inserted, in this state, into an installation hole of a vehicle panel and thereby effect final fixation of the accessory to the vehicle panel, the metal clip comprising:
a first V-shaped tab having flaps bent into a substantially V-shape as seen from a side, the first V-shaped tab including an installation section to engage with the base section of the accessory, wherein the installation section is formed at an ending edge of each flap of the first V-shaped tab and including an engagement section to engage with the installation hole of the vehicle panel, wherein the engagement section is provided at a halfway portion of each flap of the first V-shaped tab;
an extension section having sides extending in a direction along a folding line from a valley bottom section of the first V-shaped tab; and
a second V-shaped tab extending from both sides of the extension section in directions crossing the extension section and bent into a V-shape with the extension section as a valley bottom section, the second V-shaped tab including end sections thereof to engage with the hole of the interior member and thereby effect temporary fixation of the accessory.